Clinically, animals with acute illness show anorexia, lethargy, fever, and leukopenia (Penrith et al., 2011, Robinson and Robinson, 2015). Hemorrhages in the periphery of lymph nodes and renal petechiae are widespread findings. Experimental studies in frequent warthogs and bushpigs demonstrated intra-species transmission (Everett et al., 2011, Gers et al., 2011).

Suid herpesvirus 1 (syn. Pseudorabies virus ) is an Alphaherpesvirus and the causative agent of Aujeszky’s disease or pseudorabies. This illness is OIE listed and notifiable. It has been eradicated from home pigs in North America, New Zealand, and a few nations in Europe. However, it stays an essential disease in domestic pigs in other […]

Montagnaro, S., Sasso, S., De Martino, L., Longo, M., Iovane, V., Ghiurmino, G., Pisanelli, G., Nava, D., Baldi, L., Pagnini, U., 2010. Prevalence of antibodies to selected viral and bacterial pathogens in wild boar in Campania region, Italy. Dezorzova-Tomanova, K., Smola, J., Trcka, I., Lamka, J., Pavlik, I., 2006. Detection of Lawsonia intracellularis in wild […]

Unlike other mammals, suids seem to lack brown adipose hindering their ability to thermoregulate when younger. Domestic pigs, European wild boars, Bornean bearded pigs, warthogs, and red river hogs all have deletions throughout the uncoupling protein 1 gene (Berg et al., 2006). UCP1 is expressed completely in brown fat and situated along the inner membrane […]

The disease normally impacts 6–12 week-old pigs and causes sneezing, nasal discharge, unilateral epixtaxis, and nasal deformity . Serovars A and D are identified causes of pneumonia in weaner and finisher pigs, but are hardly ever primary pathogens. Serologic evidence of P. multocida infection without disease has been reported in peccaries (Martins Gomes de Castro […]